1. An adjudicating person or body that is spuriously invoked in order to win an argument or discussion, especially where no such body actually exists.
2. An
air of supreme knowledgeability and pretentiosity, projected by a person who
will speak at length and with great
opinion, on topics of which he or she actually has only a passing grasp at best.
(In this example, both HMB and DrB are using fauxthoritative arguments, and both are displaying fauxthority.)
HMB:
Sylvia Saint's finest asset is her
bottom.
DrB: You lie. It's her breasts.
HMB: Surely not. For breasts, q.v. Brianna Banks, Asia Carrera, et al. Theirs are much larger.
DrB: Your argument hinges on the theory that quantity is preferable to quality. In defence of the alternative view, Sylvia Saint is entirely natural, as can be deduced when viewing her in the reclining attitude.
HMB: Be that as it may, her breasts are much smaller, at most 0.94 British Standard Handfuls. By comparison, Asia Carrera weighs in at a hefty 2.09 BSH.
DrB: Yes, but is it not spoken in the
Book of Erogenis that "Reckon thee the
food in thy bowl the same as thou wouldst reckon the tits on thy concubines: that any more than a mouthful
will be wasted?"
(Discussion continues as both speakers get to indulge their vanities in this verbal equivalent of public
masturbation.)
